Blood-Nap is a unique weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Lonesome Road.
Gameplay
Blood-Nap is a unique variant of the Bowie Knife. It does bonus critical damage, has a bonus critical chance and adds +10 to Sneak.
This weapon qualifies as an improved holdout weapon.
Special attack
It has a special Blood-Nap attack, which does 80% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 7 fewer action points (requires a Melee skill of 50).
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| Normal | 0 | 60 | 17 | 3.53 |
| Blood-Nap | 50 | 48 | 10 | 4.8 |
| Legend | ||||
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| Type of attack | | Skill required | |
| Damage per attack in V.A.T.S. | | Action point cost | |
| Damage per action point |  | Additional effects | |
- Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
It is possible to execute Blood-Nap outside of V.A.T.S. (without the required Melee skill of 50 to perform the move) by initiating a power attack (hold attack button) while moving forward.
Durability
Blood-Nap can successfully strike about 495 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants
- Bowie Knife
- The common variant found in the Divide.
Comparison
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| Bowie Knife | 23 | 79.6 | 3.46 | x1.5 | 35 | 20 | 2.3 | 495 | 1 | 1000 | 1000 | 75 | 3 |
| Blood-Nap | 30 | 110.8 | 3.69 | x1.5 | 45 | 17 | 3.5 | 495 | 1 | 2000 | 2000 | 50 | 4 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations
Found in The Courier's Mile. This weapon becomes accessible only after first completing The Launch. It is found wedged into a street lamp just to the left as one enters the area.
Notes
- The weapon's Sneak bonus will be shown as "Activated" when the weapon is equipped in an on-screen message.
- It is one of the few unique weapons in New Vegas with the same appearance as its non-unique counterpart.
- It may glow blue in dark areas.
- Blood-Nap's Sneak +10 does not act as a bonus, but rather as a raise in Sneak, i.e., if the player character has it equipped when they level up, some perks that require a higher Sneak, such as Mister Sandman, and the player character doesn't have the required 50 Sneak but only has 40, the perk will be available.
Behind the scenes
The name of this weapon is from "dirt nap," a slang term for being dead. The word is iconic for being used heavily in Set's vocabulary.
Gallery
Blood-Nap at the Courier's Mile
Blood-Nap applied with Bowie knife texture
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